swag said:
I fully remember Lippi's last season with us in 2003-2004. Our defense was full of holes and we had given away a club-record number of goals by late in the season. We bowed out of the CL in the first elimination round to Depor without even so much as scoring a goal. Roma spanked us 4-0. There was not a lot to be proud of that season. All due respect to Lippi, it was his time to leave.
Capello came and while he did play players out of position, while he frustrated the hell out of fans and players with double-DM defensive tactics, I was expecting us to take multiple years to rebuild out of Lippi's last season with us. Despite our miserable CL underperformances, we at least won a couple of elimination rounds. And in Serie A, we were in first place for the entire two years Capello was coach and set Serie A records as such.
We're blind if we think that this squad could have matched that outcome with Lippi still at the helm. Lippi is dearer to my heart as a Juventus coach without question. But the blinders are on about how much Lippi helped us and how much Capello harmed us.
Capello came and while he did play players out of position, while he frustrated the hell out of fans and players with double-DM defensive tactics, I was expecting us to take multiple years to rebuild out of Lippi's last season with us. Despite our miserable CL underperformances, we at least won a couple of elimination rounds. And in Serie A, we were in first place for the entire two years Capello was coach and set Serie A records as such.
We're blind if we think that this squad could have matched that outcome with Lippi still at the helm. Lippi is dearer to my heart as a Juventus coach without question. But the blinders are on about how much Lippi helped us and how much Capello harmed us.
